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The East St. Louis Fire Department has struggled to provide protection and service while having to undergo repeated budget cuts due to city problems. It laid off some 22 firefighters in May 2013. According to a National Fire Report, approximately 49 percent of all emergency calls the East St. Louis Fire Department responds to are structural fires.
The East St. Louis Fire Department responded to the 4900 block of State Street for a water rescue, the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency reported. 4:10 p.m. Flash flood warning
Here’s what we know about the chemical leak.
Two workers were injured at a chemical plant that caught fire in East St. Louis on Sunday night. “One male was extremely hurt. I got reports back he had chemical burns over 45-60 percent of his ...
New York City Fire Museum, in FDNY Engine Company No. 30 (1904), Manhattan, New York City; Niagara Engine House, Poughkeepsie, New York, NRHP-listed; O. H. Booth Hose Company, Poughkeepsie, NY, NRHP-listed [15] Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters, New York, NY, NRHP-listed [15] Port Henry Fire Department Building, Port Henry, NY, NRHP-listed [15]
James Estel Williams Sr. (September 15, 1921 – February 13, 1983) was an American attorney, teacher, and politician who became the first black mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois. On April 6, 1971, Williams as a political newcomer and independent defeated Virgil Calvert, another black candidate who had been a member of the city council by a ...
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Mason served as superintendent of the East Saint Louis school district. [3] [4] On April 1, 1975, [5] Mason defeated the incumbent mayor of East Saint Louis, James E. Williams, one of the few African-American mayors in the country. [3] Mason won by a margin of 6,457 votes to 5,600 in an election marked by low voter turnout. [2]